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| Ghosts Archive 1967 |
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First Published January 26 1967 A MALMESBURY man has come to the conclusion that the only explanation for an incident he experienced one morning last week is that he saw a ghost. At 64, Mr Herbert John Tyrell of 16 Burton Hill Caravan site, is not given to believing in fairy tales but he told a Gazette and Herald reporter emphatically, 'I know what I saw and I know that I saw it. 'If you had told me about this beforehand I would not have believed you. But I am telling you the truth. Mr Tyrell claims he saw his apparition on the Chippenham to Malmesbury road just past Burton House School for Seriously Crippled Children. Not until he finished his tale was he told the old Malmesbury legend about a pond which used to stand by the side of the road and was always known as the Horse Pool. Ald Dr B K Hodge said the legend 'definitely exists' and although he cannot give the dates he remembers being told about it many years ago. The pool is now filled in but it used to be beside the old road almost exactly at the spot where Mr Tyrell says he saw a figure of a man suddenly appear and then vanish before his eyes. Dr Hodge said: 'Apparently a coach and horses were driven into the pond and they were all drowned. Mr Tyrell works in the officers mess at RAF Hullavington and is used to travelling the road at all hours to and from his work. 'I am not a nervous man and I am well used to the road,' he said. Last Thursday he made his usual early start for work, driving from the caravan site at two or three minutes before 6am. He has a retentive mind and remembers having to wipe his windscreen twice that morning although once usually suffices. He turned right into the main road and was still in second gear when he saw it. I did not have the headlights full on but I suddenly saw the figure of a man appear in the middle of the road. He appeared to be dressed in grey overalls and I saw a big bright buckle. 'I was not driving quickly but I could not seem to stop and drove right up to him. I was not nervous until I was very close and thought I was going to hit him. 'Suddenly he turned and I saw his face which I can remember clearly. He was a sharp featured man of about 40, and he turned sideways towards the verge raised his arm and just vanished.' Mr Tyrell says he remembers exactly the white face he claims to have seen and said 'I have thought about it since and I can hardly believe myself. 'The only thing I can think is that I have seen a ghost. There was nothing there after what I saw vanished. He has not sought publicity for his story and told it only when a reporter approached him at his home. Back to 1967 index |
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